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It's one of the greatest stories ever told. The legend of Helen of Troy has enchanted audiences for the last three thousand years. But is there any reality to the myth? Horizon has unprecedented access to the scientist with the answers.Since 1988 Professo

The siege of Troy: Near the end of the ninth year since the landing, the Greek army, tired from the fighting and from the lack of supplies, mutinied against their leaders and demanded to return to their homes. According to the Cypria, Achilles forced the

BBC VideoAminatta Forna tells the story of legendary Timbuktu and its long hidden legacy of hundreds of thousands of ancient manuscripts. With its university founded around the same time as Oxford, Timbuktu is proof that the reading and writing of books h

Minsk the capital of Belarus, culture, tourist attractions as well as showcase of industries and economy.Belarus transliterated to English = White Russia Russian belo = white, Rus = ancient name for Russia

How did ancient Egyptians build the Great Pyramid at Giza, joining two million blocks of heavy stone with amazing precision? Who were the leaders who built these enormous structures, and what did these tombs signify? Host David Macaulay explores the histo

Hundreds of years ago in faraway Iceland the Vikings began to write down dozens of stories called sagas - sweeping narratives based on real people and real events from their great adventures in Europe, Asia, and North America.. The term Viking from Old No

Stories From the Stone Age - 3 - Waves of ChangeAn exploration of the revolutionary period of prehistory that began when humans abandoned the nomadic hunting and gathering existence they had known for millennia to take up a completely new way of life the

Stories From the Stone Age - Part 2 - Urban DreamAn exploration of the revolutionary period of prehistory that began when humans abandoned the nomadic hunting and gathering existence they had known for millennia to take up a completely new way of life the

Part 1 Daily Bread An exploration of the revolutionary period of prehistory that began when humans abandoned the nomadic hunting and gathering existence they had known for millennia to take up a completely new way of life the decisive move to farming and

GENGHIS KHANHe came to power by uniting many of the nomadic tribes of northeast Asia. After founding the Mongol Empire and being proclaimed "Genghis Khan", he started the Mongol invasions and raids of the Kara-Khitan Khanate, Caucasus, Khwarezmid Empire,

USGS scientists recount their experiences before, during and after the May 18, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. Loss of their colleague David A. Johnston and 56 others in the eruption cast a pall over one of the most dramatic geologic moments in America

DVD, Region 1 U.S. and Canada only From the film about Prince Vladimir III of Wallachia aka Vlad Dracula the Impaler against Sultan Mehmet II of the Ottoman Empire. He was nicknamed 'Vlad the Impaler' because of the 20,000 Turkish prisoners he Impaled on